Collection Highlights
Broadway, A.T. Stewart Dry Goods Store
Date:
1851
Object Number:
PR.020.FF.28
Medium:
1896 photo-mechanical color reproduction of an engraving
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Plate
Object Number:
1932.76
Date:
1910-1932
Medium:
Earthenware
Dimensions:
Overall: 1/8 x 11 in. ( 0.3 x 27.9 cm )
Marks:
printed: on reverse:"THE COLUMBIA PLATES/Nicholas Muncy Butler/8. HAMILTON HALL (COLUMBIA COLLEGE)..../COPYRIGHT/ALUMNI FEDERATION OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY INC./WEDGWOOD/ETRURIA/ENGLAND/JONES McDUFFEE &STRATTON Co./BOSTON/SOLE IMPORTERS"
stamped: on revers
Description:
Earthenware plate; blue transfer printed flower and scroll border with architectural view cartouches; central view of Hamilton Hall at Columbia University.
Gallery Label:
According to the donor, this set is the first edition to bear the facsimile signature of President Butler.
Credit Line:
Gift of Samuel V. Hoffman
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
